Show localizing sheep raising for several decades there has been avery a very strong tendency tor for the sheep raising industry to localize itself itsek la in the vicinity ot of tho the rocky mountains that tendency Is still strongly apparent as Is seen by reference to the statistics ot of sheep population state by state there la is at the present time no increase of sheep in any ot of the states east cast ot of tho the mississippi river though the population in that region Is ls constantly on the increase no increase e ease in numbers ol of sheep means mcana a as ali supply is not keeping pace with the increasing demand but we do find the th states along alone the foothills ot of the showing larger populations I 1 ot of sheep every year were the range there unbounded we might look tor for a continued movement of the sheep population toward it but it Is evident that the limit ot of sheep population there has been about reached every available acre has been levied upon and is now doing all it can to produce teed feed tor for sheep we may expect before long to see a gradual shifting shit ting of sheep cheep raising interests toward the east accompanied by an increase of price paid for sheep on the hoof more sheep must bo be raised than have been raised in tile the past slid and the eap exp expansion ton must come on the farms ot at the county east ot of the great river |